Seth Worley – Short Films 101

Short Films 101 is designed to provide aspiring filmmakers with the essential knowledge and skills needed to create compelling short films.

Join writer/director Seth Worley as he takes you on another distilled journey through filmmaking, this time sharing his experiences making award-winning short films. In this course you’ll learn the most important steps to making your short the very best it can be, from finding your voice as a filmmaker through to post-production and establishing an audience.

What You’ll Learn In Short Films 101

SHORT FILMS 101 INCLUDES:

• 60 minutes of content across 15 videos
• Resources from several of Seth’s Films
  • Early Outlines
  • Shooting Scripts
  • Storyboards
  • Shotlists
  • Moodboards

IN SHORT FILMS 101, SETH TEACHES:

• Analyzing & Understanding Story Structure
• Finding Your Creative Voice
• Pre-Production And Prep
• Shotlisting And Storyboarding
• Production Design On A Budget
• Working With Actors
• Directing For Visual Effects
• Sound Design
• Building An Audience

About Author

Seth Worley is the writer/director of short films and branded content for clients like JJ Abrams’s Bad Robot, Red Giant, Film Riot, Sandwich Video, and Steve Taylor.

Known for his ability to balance character-driven comedy with high-concept spectacle, his short films include the genre-bending/Webby-winning Plot Device, Seussian fable Old/New: Narrated by Patton Oswalt, dark comedy Real Gone (winner of the Music Bed Film Festival judge’s choice award), sci-fi action set piece Tempo (one of Slate’s “Six Best Sci-Fi Shorts of 2012”), and the “24-meets-Take-Your-Daughter-To-Work-Day” dramedy Form 17.

In 2017, he co-founded the company Plot Devices to manufacture tools and resources for screenwriters and story nerds. The company’s first product, the Storyclock Notebook, was brought to life by 5,354 Kickstarter backers, raising over $120,000 in 30 days.

His work has been featured in Forbes, USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, Fast Company, Slate, io9, SlashFilm, HULU, The Tonight Show, and more.

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